Thursday, March 6, 2008

Self-defense flashlight

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 30 October 2007 by member smartypants

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Use a flashlight to blind predators/burglars. I hate the idea of having a gun in the house. My friend suggested a passive defense technique of shining a high-voltage LED flashlight in the eyes of an attacker. You can keep it on your keychain at night and it will temporarily blind a person.

neosporin BAND-AIDS

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 30 October 2007 by member smartypants

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If they don't already make it they should. I didn't see the idea on the web yet. What about band-aids with neosporin already applied on the middle padded part? Help cuts heal fast!

deodorized shoe soles

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 30 October 2007 by member smartypants

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What if shoes had (air pockets) that were filled with baking soda or some sort of athletic foot deodorizer/antiperspirant? I am always shaking foot powder on my feet before working out. It be nice if it were built into the shoe? Also did you know soaking your feet in tea helps get rid of foot odor?

scented home filters

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 30 October 2007 by member smartypants

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What if filters had fresh scents to fill the house? Would this remove the need for candles and deodorizing sprays? People have to change filters every 3-6 months. When the air conditioner /heater blows air, the house will be filled with freshness. I can see the commercials now!

Rename W & Rhyme

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 30 October 2007 by member geniuskid

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Why do we pronounce W a double U and not a double V or a double Me? W looks like an M inverted. A Double Me also rhymes better. Say out loud the alphabet:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Double Me x y z

See? It rhymes better, doesn't it?

World peace and how to achieve it

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 6 March 2008 by member jim

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Make national armies women-only?

Use your mouth as a lighter?

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 6 March 2008 by member ozsurfie

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I wonder if women in a bar would be impressed by such skill! Imagine she asks you to borrow your lighter and all you have to do is open your mouth and blow...fire in her cigarette! :)

Shoes that store kinetic energy

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 6 March 2008 by member bruce

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This is probably a very unrealistic thought. I am posting it in case any ambitious engineers might want to give it a go. Some gyms in California store kinetic energy that is produced when people run on machines or when they lift weights. The energy is then converted into electricity and is re-used or sold. What if the shoes we wear could also store the kinetic energy we produce when we walk or run? We could then convert it into electricity, re-use it at home or sell it

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Cups with thermometer

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 29 October 2007 by member gorillaki

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burn no more - either a thermometer sticker/magnet or a cup with a thermometer can save your mouth/lips from burns. i always burn the roof of my mouth, tongue and lips with morning coffee or tea... if i do this repeatedly, i'm worried it could lead to cancer, so, would be great to have a cup that tells the optimal temperature to drink w/o getting burns - sort of like the mood-ring

Chilled Drinks

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 29 October 2007 by member gorillaki

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A solution to taking frozen water bottles - Summer is here in the southern hemisphere, and outdoor activities can be tough and sometimes dangerous if you don't rehydrate, and nothing beats the good ol' water! To help cool down faster, I've seen people taking frozen water in a bottle, but the ice doesn't melt faster enough to satisfy the thirst! Try this instead: fill up a plastic water bottle 1/2 or 3/4 full and let it freeze. When ready to take it outdoors, fill the remaining 1/2 or 1/4 of the bottle with tap water or mineral water. Adjust the water level to freeze depending on how fast/slow you want the ice to melt. Add a bit of lime or lemon juice, not only to help the metabolism but also to help the metabolism.

Cool Microwave

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 29 October 2007 by member james85

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What about a microwave that cools down your hot food or drink to the temperature you wanted?

It has happened to me many times, I order a coffee or hot chocolate and they serve it so hot, I have to wait for a few minutes before I take a sip or I burn my lips and tongue.

Could be useful. You can ask the staff back, could you cool down for me a bit?

Got a name for it too: Coolwave

I know, it sounds like name of shampoo or something...

Electric mat

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 28 October 2007 by member dim

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What if there was an electric mat that could clean your shoes before you enter in the house just by standing on it?

cooling tea quicker

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 28 October 2007 by member smonique

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what about a small fan which could cool your very hot drinks quicker?

improve writing of text on mobile phones

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 5 March 2008 by member birand

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it has happened to me many times. if i am in the middle of writing an sms message to someone and i get a call and answer it, the text message isn't saved and i have to write it all over again. this is very annoying and a waste of time. i think mobile phones should save in memory all the text written on the screen the moment it's written so that it is never lost by accident.

Think of your next purchase as an investment

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 5 March 2008 by member sandy

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Investing in something has the meaning that you get something back in return for your money. If you purchase a hybrid car what you get in return is the intangible profit of a less polluted atmosphere.

I think we should consider ourselves not just as consumers who buy something but as consumers who choose to buy something over something else because we know this purchase is a kind of investment and support for new technologies that are more environment-friendly over others.

For example, by choosing to buy a hybrid car over a conventional one you indirectly invest in the research behind energy-saving new technologies by supporting corporate profits that help fund research and help attract investors with capital that will in turn fund research in these new technologies.

When it comes to buying your next car for example, would you consider purchasing a hybrid car over a conventional one as a means to invest and support hybrid technologies that are more environment-friendly? Would you ever think of yourself as an investor this way?

Or would you only think of yourself as a consumer who saves money on gasoline or as a driver of a fancy, fast, reliable good car or whatever else its key selling points are?

Of London dust and dirt

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 4 March 2008 by member JackSparrow

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I saw the movie Sweeney Todd yesterday. In it London is portrayed as a very dirty and dusty place. At the time people wore wigs a lot. If London was a dirty and dusty place and people carried a lot of hair on their head, real or wigged, then why was not anyone scratching their head at all in the movie? Why is London portrayed as a very dusty and filthy place in movies but you never see the British scratching their heads? Is it in the shampoo they use? :)

I thought lice causes you to itch. But will lice behave benignly the more dirt, dust and hair is around?

Flammable Water!

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 4 March 2008 by member goliath

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Seattle is about 3,000 miles from New York. Spread oil on the ground on a 3,000 mile straight line that connects Seattle to NY. Light a match in Seattle, drop it on the starting point of the line and fire will finally make it to NY because oil is flammable. Oil will not only carry fire through, it will also create a total amount of fire much larger than the initial small amount found on the match. What if we could replace fire and oil with water and another water-"flammable" substance?

Why can't we come up with a water-flammable compound that works on water the same way fire works on oil? A substance that can carry water through from Seattle to NY and in the process produce a total amount of water larger than the initial drop amount.

Can the property that is causing flammability in oil when it comes into contact with fire be re-engineered and transferred to other substances?

Water shortage could be solved, large forest fires could be put out in a few minutes on a single drop of water or spit. Just think aboud id :)

speed limit free

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 3 March 2008 by member tinkerbell

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I've heard that in German highways there is no speed limit. Do you know other countries without speed limit?

testing drive animals :)

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 3 March 2008 by member krnwln

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no much to say on this. Before buying your new dog it would be much better to had the opportunity to keep it for a couple of days to see if there is connection.
Personally of course I don't think anybody would ever return it back after being connected to it but still having this option would be useful

The reactions of others!

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 3 March 2008 by member gogol328

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If genius and talent is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration then what a better way to measure those two on a live theatrical play through the body responses of the audience! What if the seats the audience sits on were made to gather that data. In the movie "The Lives of Others" Stasi uses an interrogation technique where the suspect keeps his sweaty palms pressed to the seat of his chair so as to get a sample of his sweat on an impregnated cloth before it can be given to a tracker dog to sniff.

What if the seats in a theater were made so as to monitor the amount and timing that bodily fluids are produced (sweat, tears etc) as well as the audience's movements on the chair, their vibrations from laughter etc!

If we could gather all that data, wouldn't we be able to have a most accurate review for a play or a live performance? I imagine that the theater of the future has seats that can provide these data and posts the results online for everyone to read along with the reviews.

The value of things

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 3 March 2008 by member Gaea

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I was just looking through this site and began to search for posts by category. As I was doing this, I realized the difference between the number of postings on topics such as business or entertainment as opposed to religion. Then I wondered, wouldn’t it be interesting if the site indicated the number of posting per category as well as the demographics of users by country, sex and age? I assume this would indicate what the things that our society values the most are and how we evolve…
I would think that if this site had been created a couple of years ago we would not have found as many posts on the environment as we do now!

Born on the 29th of February

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 2 March 2008 by member nikosb

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A lot of my friends had their birthdays around February and March and I was thinking what would happen if you were born the 29th of February? When would you celebrate your birthday? Once every 4 years? Any of you in this situation?

On love and God

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 2 March 2008 by member Gaea

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Love, love is just a leap of faith he said.
You have to believe in it for it to exist.
If you stop believing then it dies…
It’s just like God he continued
If you don’t believe in God, then God doesn’t exist. God is dead.
So do love and God come from the same place, he asked?
It would seem so, that would explain why people say that God is love.

IPO for College Students

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 2 March 2008 by member gt6643d

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With the rising costs of student loans, how about investing in someone's education, similar to buying stocks: Analogous to an Initial Public Offering (IPO) for a company, a student could circulate his/her resume among investors to raise money for college. Report cards are treated like quarterly earnings reports. Upon graduation, the student would then share a certain fraction of his/her salary with the share holders. The student has the option of buying back the shares from the investors (essentially repaying the loan).

Sunday, March 2, 2008

How to tie a tie

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 28 October 2007 by member smarty

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What if there was a machine or gadget that would tie the tie for you and all you had to do was wear it?

I have never seen such a gadget around and last time I asked my wife to do the tie for me, she was saying how frustrated she was I could never learn how to do it myself!

I imagine it as follows. You would enter your neck size once, choose the kind of knot you would like and it would take care of the rest!

How difficult could that really be? These days you can have machines/robots that automate the process for everything, why not on how to tie a tie?

What do you think?

Make a Messenger Bag Out of Trash Bags!

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 27 October 2007 by member qikai

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB1mE8e35UY

Halloween Idea

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 27 October 2007 by member qikai

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn-s_LYU81o

Microwave and TV combination

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 27 October 2007 by member smonique

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Many people want a kitchen TV, but not many have enough room to get one in without making the kitchen look crowded. And you do not want the tube to take space you need for stuff you really need in a kitchen do you?


I saw it here:
http://www.he-marcelwanders.com/
(it\'s under the products section)

Wardrobe decisions

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 27 October 2007 by member mar_dim

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Did ever happen to you to be late to work because you didn't know what to wear? What if there was a wardrobe decision maker device what would choose your you. Each time you buy a new cloth you enter in the database your preferences: matching clothes and accessories, type of the cloth (casual, business) or even weather preferences. So the next day the decision would not be that hard!

how to s(h)ave time and hair...

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 2 March 2008 by member frank

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what if the soap or gel we use to wash our hands and face could also be used to stop us from having to shave every day? I don't know if it's possible but I was thinking that if a chemical substance existed or could be invented that can stop the hair on the beard from growing when you apply it to the skin, then we could control the growth of the beard just by washing our hands and face. This way we could shave time and save hair!

do you think that if it was possible to invent such a harmless chemical, then razor companies might try to stop such research because it would reduce their profits or drive them out of business?

new trends and convervatism

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 2 March 2008 by member francois

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most of the times you will hear about a new invention or something very unique people instead of accepting it and testing it they usually react in a bad way.
Do you think that humans are conservative by nature and we get even more conservative as the time passes?
My answer at first place would be Yes. I believe that when we grow older it's getting harder and harder to obtain new knowledge. We stick to things we know and we end up pretty much being closed to new 'trends'. Obviously this is a very simplified approach but I believe this is generally the case.
I would be very happy to hear your opinion on this subject.

* sorry for my english

do smart men attract women?

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 2 March 2008 by member francois

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when asking a person what he/she is the first thing to look at a person they will usually tell you the appearance. Obviously the first impressions is important. But you ask them again if being smart is important and 99% will say yes. It's very important and most women are attracted by smart men.
Here's my question though. Reality shows that most women are sexually attracted to men who have a cool style (sometimes a bad person's style) and nice physical appearance. Those women will very easily end up going out with such men. If the man is smart and only smart the only chance he usually has it to end up in a very serious relation. But definitely being smart won't help you to enjoy the pleasures of the night in a bar. What's your opinion on that?

* Sorry for my bad english